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he stran
ge
thing is that he's very nearly a great painter. He has the most
fascinating sense of colour in the worldand the more intoxicated h
e is
the more delicate and beautiful is his painting. Sometimesafter mo
re
than the usual number of _ap??ritifs_he will sit down in a caf?? t
o do a
sketchwith his hand so shaky that he can hardly hold a brush; he h
as to
wait for a favourable momentand then he makes a jab at the panel.
And
the immoral thing is that each of these little jabs is lovely. He's
the
most delightful interpreter of Paris I knowand when you've seen hi
s
sketches--he's done hundredsof unimaginable grace and feeling and
distinction--you can never see Paris in the same way again.'
The little maid who looked busily after the varied wants of the cust
omers
stood in front of them to receive Arthur's order. She was a hard-vis
aged
creature of mature agebut she looked neat in her black dress and w
hite
cap; and she had a motherly way of attending to these peoplewith a
capacious smile of her large mouth which was full of charm.
'I don't mind what I eat' said Arthur. 'Let Margaret order my dinne
r for
me.'
'It would have been just as good if I had ordered it'yilai：
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